Stewards were separated from the High Level Decision Making Bodies and listed apart
Terminology correction (Technical Spaces Code of Conduct Committee instead of Technical Code of Conduct Committee)
Enforcement Guidelines
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3.1.2 Enforcement by type of violations
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Handled by the Wikimedia Trust & Safety team
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Sent to the Wikimedia Foundation Legal team, or, when appropriate, other professionals who can appropriately evaluate the merit of the threats
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Handled by the Affiliations Committee or equivalent body
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Handled by the Technical Code of Conduct Committee
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UCoC violations that happen across multiple wikis: Handled by global sysops and stewards and the bodies that handle single-wiki UCoC violations or handled by the U4C where they do not conflict with these guidelines
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3.3.3 Appeals
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Appeals are not possible against certain decisions made by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department. However, some Wikimedia Foundation office actions and decisions are reviewable by the Case Review Committee.
UCoC violations that happen across multiple wikis: Handled by global sysops and stewards and the bodies that handle single-wiki UCoC violations or handled by the U4C where they do not conflict with these guidelines
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3.3.3 Appeals
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Appeals are not possible against certain decisions made by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department. However, some Wikimedia Foundation office actions and decisions are reviewable by the Case Review Committee.
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Enforcement Guidelines
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3.1.2 Enforcement by type of violations
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Violations involving the nonconsensual disclosure of personally identifiable information
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3.1.2 Enforcement by type of violations
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Violations involving the nonconsensual disclosure of non-public personal data
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Glossary
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Personally identifiable information
is any data that could potentially identify a specific individual. Any information that can be used to distinguish one person from another and can be used to deanonymize previously anonymous data is considered PII.
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Glossary
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Personal data
is any data that could potentially identify a specific individual. Any information that can be used to distinguish one person from another and can be used to deanonymize previously anonymous data is considered personal data.
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Charter
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3.2. Conduct of U4C members
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Maintain the confidentiality of private information shared with the U4C, including private correspondence and non-public personal information.
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3.2. Conduct of U4C members
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Maintain the confidentiality of private information shared with the U4C, including private correspondence and non-public personal data.
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Enforcement Guidelines
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1. UCoC Enforcement Guidelines
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1.2 Review of the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee leads annual reviews of the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines.
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1. UCoC Enforcement Guidelines
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4. UCoC Coordinating Committee (U4C)
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a co-equal body with other high-level decision-making bodies (e.g. ArbComs and AffCom). Its purpose is to serve as final recourse in the case of systemic failures by local groups to enforce the UCoC.
4.1 Purpose and scope
The U4C monitors reports of UCoC breaches, and may conduct additional investigations and take actions where appropriate. The U4C will regularly monitor and assess the state of UCoC enforcement. It may suggest suitable changes to UCoC, the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines, and U4C Charter for the Wikimedia Foundation and the community to consider, but may not change these documents on its own. When necessary, the U4C will assist the Wikimedia Foundation in handling cases.
The U4C:
Handles complaints and appeals in the circumstances outlined in the Enforcement Guidelines
Performs any investigations necessary to resolve said complaints and appeals
Provide resources for communities on UCoC best practices, such as mandatory training material and other resources as needed
Provides a final interpretation of the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines and the UCoC if the need arises, in collaboration with community members and enforcement structures
Monitors and assesses the effectiveness of UCoC enforcement, and provides recommendations for improvement
The U4C will not take cases that do not primarily involve violations of the UCoC, or its enforcement. The U4C's responsibilities are explained in the context of other enforcement structures in 3.1.2.
4.2 Selection, membership, and roles
Annual elections, organized by the global community, will select up to 16 voting members.
In exceptional circumstances, the U4C may call interim elections, if it determines that resignations or inactivity have created an immediate need for additional members. Elections will be in a format similar to that of the regular annual elections.
The Wikimedia Foundation may appoint up to two non-voting members to the U4C and will provide support staff as desired and appropriate.
4.3 Policy and precedent
The U4C does not create new policy and may not amend or change the UCoC. The U4C instead applies and enforces the UCoC as defined by its scope.
As community policies, guidelines and norms evolve over time, previous decisions will be taken into account only to the extent that they remain relevant in the current context.
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3. UCoC Coordinating Committee (U4C)
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a co-equal body with other high-level decision-making bodies (e.g. ArbComs and AffCom). Its purpose is to serve as final recourse in the case of systemic failures by local groups to enforce the UCoC.
Enforcement Guidelines
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Glossary
High-level decision-making body
A group (i.e. U4C, ArbCom, AffCom, Stewards) beyond which there can be no appeal of UCoC enforcement. Different issues may have different high-level decision-making bodies. This term does not include a group of users participating in a discussion organized at a noticeboard and resulting in a decision, even if the results of that discussion cannot be appealed.
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Glossary
High-level decision-making body
Stewards and any group (e.g. U4C, ArbCom, AffCom) beyond which there can be no appeal of UCoC enforcement. Different issues may have different high-level decision-making bodies. This term does not include a group of users participating in a discussion organized at a noticeboard and resulting in a decision, even if the results of that discussion cannot be appealed.
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Except in instances of systemic failures, the U4C will not have jurisdiction to enforce the UCoC when a high-level decision-making body is able to (Arbitration Committees, Affiliations Committee, Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, Technical Code of Conduct committee, stewards), warranting effective self-governance. The U4C should also respect the movement principle of decentralization, understanding that the UCoC should be enforced at the most relevant local level possible.
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Except in instances of systemic failures, the U4C will not have jurisdiction to enforce the UCoC when stewards or a high-level decision-making body is able to (Arbitration Committees, Affiliations Committee, Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, Technical Spaces Code of Conduct Committee), warranting effective self-governance. The U4C should also respect the movement principle of decentralization, understanding that the UCoC should be enforced at the most relevant local level possible.
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Enforcement Guidelines
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3. Responsive work
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3.1.2 Enforcement by type of violations
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Violations in technical spaces
Handled by the Technical Code of Conduct Committee
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3. Responsive work
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3.1.2 Enforcement by type of violations
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Violations in technical spaces
Handled by the Technical Spaces Code of Conduct Committee
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Except in instances of systemic failures, the U4C will not have jurisdiction to enforce the UCoC when a high-level decision-making body is able to (Arbitration Committees, Affiliations Committee, Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, Technical Code of Conduct committee, Stewards), warranting effective self-governance. The U4C should also respect the movement principle of decentralization, understanding that the UCoC should be enforced at the most relevant local level possible.
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Except in instances of systemic failures, the U4C will not have jurisdiction to enforce the UCoC when a high-level decision-making body is able to (Arbitration Committees, Affiliations Committee, Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, Technical Spaces Code of Conduct Committee, stewards), warranting effective self-governance. The U4C should also respect the movement principle of decentralization, understanding that the UCoC should be enforced at the most relevant local level possible.
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Proposal B: Review of Universal Code of Conduct, Enforcement Guidelines and Charter
The proposal is to change the review of the documents from annual to recurring
Charter
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It is a co-equal body to other high-level decision-making bodies such as Arbitration Committees and Stewards. The U4C hears complaints related to UCoC enforcement where no other high-level decision-making body has jurisdiction, and determines if there has been a systemic failure by a Wikimedia group or community in enforcing the UCoC. The committee provides quality assurance of UCoC-related training materials, oversees the annual UCoC, Enforcement Guidelines (EG), and U4C charter community review, and conducts the annual elections for members of the U4C as well as conducting any special elections that may occur.
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It is a co-equal body to other high-level decision-making bodies such as Arbitration Committees and stewards. The U4C hears complaints related to UCoC enforcement where no other high-level decision-making body has jurisdiction, and determines if there has been a systemic failure by a Wikimedia group or community in enforcing the UCoC. The committee provides quality assurance of UCoC-related training materials, oversees the recurring UCoC, Enforcement Guidelines (EG), and U4C charter community review, and conducts the annual elections for members of the U4C as well as conducting any special elections that may occur.
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1. Purpose and Scope
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Suggesting suitable changes to the UCoC and the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines for the Wikimedia Foundation and the community to consider as part of the UCoC annual review.
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1. Purpose and Scope
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Suggesting suitable changes to the UCoC and the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines for the Wikimedia Foundation and the community to consider as part of the UCoC recurring review.
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3. Internal Procedures
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3.1. Internal Policy and Precedent
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The U4C may, however, suggest changes to the UCoC and Enforcement Guidelines for the Wikimedia Foundation and the community to consider as part of the annual review process organized by the U4C.
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3. Internal Procedures
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3.1. Internal Policy and Precedent
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The U4C may, however, suggest changes to the UCoC and Enforcement Guidelines for the Wikimedia Foundation and the community to consider as part of the recurring review process organized by the U4C.
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4.3. UCoC and Enforcement Guidelines - Review and Changes
4.3.1. UCoC monitoring
The U4C shall closely monitor the Foundation safety perception surveys, its own caseload trends, and feedback from community self-governance processes to identify challenges to the effective self-governance of communities to enforce the UCoC. Concerns identified shall be publicly documented on the U4C’s noticeboard, addressed as merited, or tabled during the annual UCoC & EG review.
Preceding the annual review, the U4C will complete the following:
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Open a comment page on Meta-wiki available for everyone. It contains a section for any community member to report matters about how the U4C, the EG and the UCoC work as enforced. The comment page is linked in U4C communications about the annual review. The U4C shall look into comments and questions placed on that page, but is not obligated to follow-up in depth.
The above mentioned Meta-wiki comment page contains a second dedicated section allowing community members to share ideas for improvement and amendments. This is helpful to collect ideas from individuals and aims to be open to all voices in the community. U4C is required to read and decide if they want to adopt these ideas when drafting a proposal during the annual process.
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4.3.2. Changes to the Charter, the Enforcement Guidelines or the UCoC
Changes to the Charter, the Enforcement Guidelines or the UCoC require community approval. The U4C will organize at its sole discretion the annual review of the UCoC, the Enforcement Guidelines and the Charter. It comprises at least:
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4.3. UCoC and Enforcement Guidelines - Review and Changes
4.3.1. UCoC monitoring
The U4C shall closely monitor the Foundation safety perception surveys, its own caseload trends, and feedback from community self-governance processes to identify challenges to the effective self-governance of communities to enforce the UCoC. Concerns identified shall be publicly documented on the U4C’s noticeboard, addressed as merited, or tabled during the recurring UCoC & EG review.
Preceding the recurring review, the U4C will complete the following:
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Open a comment page on Meta-wiki available for everyone. It contains a section for any community member to report matters about how the U4C, the EG and the UCoC work as enforced. The comment page is linked in U4C communications about the review. The U4C shall look into comments and questions placed on that page, but is not obligated to follow-up in depth.
The above mentioned Meta-wiki comment page contains a second dedicated section allowing community members to share ideas for improvement and amendments. This is helpful to collect ideas from individuals and aims to be open to all voices in the community. U4C is required to read and decide if they want to adopt these ideas when drafting a proposal during the process.
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4.3.2. Changes to the Charter, the Enforcement Guidelines or the UCoC
Changes to the Charter, the Enforcement Guidelines or the UCoC require community approval. The U4C will organize at its sole discretion the review of the UCoC, the Enforcement Guidelines and the Charter. It comprises at least:
